generalizations

n. act of generalizing; general statement or conclusion; (Psychology) act of reacting to a new stimulus as to a similar stimulus (also generalisation)

Gen·er·al·i·za·tion n. 1. The act or an instance of generalizing. 2. A principle, a statement, or an idea having general application. [more]Generalizations - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
(synonym) abstraction, generalisation
(hypernym) theorization, theorisation
(derivation) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
2. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
(synonym) generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
(hypernym) colligation
(derivation) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
3. an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
(synonym) generalisation, generality
(hypernym) idea, thought
(hyponym) principle, rule
(derivation) generalize, generalise
4. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
(synonym) generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
(hypernym) transfer, transfer of training, carry-over
(hyponym) irradiation
(derivation) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer
(classification) psychology, psychological science

GENERALIZZAZIONI